Interventional Ultrasound - A Practical Guide and Atlas

The first comprehensive, multi-specialty text on ultrasound guidance in interventional procedures, this book uses the authors' extensive clinical experience to provide a full overview of modern interventional ultrasound. For all practitioners, whether new to the procedures or already using them, Interventional Ultrasound offers expert advice and solutions to commonly encountered questions and problems.

Special Features:

- Provides a complete approach to interventional ultrasound, beginning with essential basics on materials, equipment, setup requirements, informed consent issues, microbiologic aspects, and hygiene - Covers specific, ultrasound-guided diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in the abdomen, thorax, urogenital tract, musculoskeletal system, thyroid and other sites, including indications, selection of materials and biopsy devices, preparation and detailed, hands-on techniques as well as management of complications- Describes key recent advances, suc h as the use of ultrasound contrast agents in interventional procedures, adapting ultrasound transducers for endoscopic use in biopsies of the thorax and gastrointestinal tract, performing percutaneous biopsy aspiration and drainage with ultrasound, employing sonography in advanced ablative techniques and more- Explores such cutting edge topics as symptom-oriented palliative care interventions, applications in critical care medicine and interventions in children- Highlights, for the first time, the vital role of assisting personnel in interventional ultrasound procedures

Offering easy-to-follow instructions and nearly 400 high-quality illustrations, Interventional Ultrasound takes a practical, "cookbook" approach ideal for daily use in the hospital or clinic. It is an indispensable reference for interventional radiologists, gastroenterologists, internists, surgeons and other specialists who need to stay up-to-date on the newest technology an

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

General Aspects of Interventional Ultrasound
1 Interventional Ultrasound: Introduction and Historical Background
2 Interventional Materials and Equipment
3 Informed Consent
4 Medications, Equipment, and Setup Requirements
5 Pathology and Cytology
6 Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology
7 Infections and Diagnostic Microbiology
8 Hygiene Management
9 Contraindications, Complications, and Complication Management
10 Assistance in Ultrasound Interventions
11 Sedation in Interventions
Specific Ultrasound-Guided Procedures: Abdomen
12 Indications for Diagnostic Interventions in the Abdomen and Thorax (Liver, Pancreas, Spleen, Kidneys, Lung, Other Sites)
13 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Paracentesis of Free Abdominal Fluid
14 Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Core Needle Biopsy
15 Abscess Drainage
16 Percutaneous Sclerotherapy of Cysts
17 Interventional Treatment of Echinococcosis
18 Local Ablative Procedures: Percutaneous Ethanol and Ac etic Acid Injection
19 Local Ablative Procedures for Liver Tumors, Radiofrequency Ablation
20 Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiodrainage
21 Percutaneous Gastrostomy
22 Interventional Endosonography
23 Special Issues Regarding Interventions in the Spleen
Specific Ultrasound-Guided Procedures: Thorax
24 Thoracic Interventions
Specific Ultrasound-Guided Procedures: Urogenital System
25 Percutaneous Renal Biopsy
26 Interventional Urology
Specific Ultrasound-Guided Procedures: Other Organ Systems
27 Interventional Thyroid Ultrasound
28 Musculoskeletal Interventions
29 Neurologic Interventions, Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia
30 Ultrasound-Guided Emergency and Vascular Interventions
Specific Ultrasound-Guided Procedures: Other Applications of Interventional Ultrasound
31 Extravascular Use of Ultrasound Contrast Agents
32 Volume Navigation
33 Palliative Interventions and the Role of Ultrasonography in Palliative Care